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Plan your Italy trip.
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Real help with where to eat tonight

A paid Italy trip companion from Italy on Foot: make better decisions before you leave, then get practical help once you’re in Italy: where to eat, what to cut, what to book, and what to do when the day changes.

I’m planning an Italy trip

Choose your dates, route, and pass. Save your trip and start planning right away.

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I’m already in Italy

Trip Pass €29, short setup, and you’re straight onto Today with the Concierge and Map.

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We’ve been writing practical Italy advice from Rome since 2014. The app just puts it in your pocket.

Choose your Italy on Foot pass

Free to explore; a pass is required to plan, save, and use the Companion. Both passes include planning tools before the trip and Companion help while you’re in Italy. You only spend credits when the app generates help for you, not when you open your trip, check the map, or review saved plans.

Trip Pass
€29

One Italy trip. 90 days. Plan it, save it, walk it.

  • One Italy trip window
  • 90 days of access
  • All Plan features
  • All Companion features
  • 200 credits for the Concierge + on-trip Companion help
  • Saved trip, Today, Concierge, Map, Trip Check, and Ticket Timing

Best for one upcoming Italy trip, or if you are already in Italy and need help now.

Italy Year
Best value
€69 for 12 months

Works out to €23 per trip

12 months for repeat travellers. Up to 3 Italy trip windows.

  • 12 months of access
  • Up to 3 Italy trip windows
  • All Plan features
  • All Companion features
  • 600 credits for the Concierge + on-trip Companion help during your 12-month access period
  • Good for repeat trips, long planning, or more than one Italy visit this year

Best if you may plan or take more than one Italy trip this year.

Need more credits later?

Active pass holders can add more credits for the Concierge + Companion help.

€975 extra credits

Good when you are already in Italy and need a little more help.

€15150 extra credits

Good for heavy Companion use, family trips, or longer stays.

€19Extra trip window

For Italy Year travellers who need more than the included trip windows.

Top-ups require an active Trip Pass or Italy Year. Extra trip windows are available to Italy Year travellers only. Refunds within 14 days of purchase, no questions asked.

What your pass helps with

Use it before you leave to make better trip decisions. Use it in Italy when you need fast help that fits where you are, how tired you are, and what changed today.

Before the trip

  • Choose when to go

    Get opinionated date windows, tradeoffs, crowd warnings, weather notes, and the honest catch behind each recommendation.

  • Build a route that makes sense

    Check city order, nights per stop, travel time, and whether your route creates unnecessary backtracking.

  • Find expensive mistakes before they happen

    Trip Check looks for risky plans: impossible days, missing tickets, bad transfer timing, closed-day problems, hotel spike periods, and early flights after late nights.

  • Know what to book and when

    Get a ticket timing checklist with what to book now, what can wait, what to skip, and where official links belong.

  • Get a day-by-day itinerary

    Turn your route into a day-by-day plan: timed stops, booking flags, where to eat nearby, and where to stay in each city.

  • Compare cities without getting lost

    Compare up to 6 cities by crowd level, cost, minimum stay, walking feel, best use case, and whether they fit this trip.

Once you’re in Italy

  • Open Today

    See today’s city, day number, current plan, next stop, and the fastest actions for the moment.

  • Concierge

    Where to eat near you, what to do when it rains or a museum closes, your route, your bookings, or what to do next, answered for your exact city and day.

  • Cut something without ruining the day

    When the plan is too much, get a realistic version of the day that protects the best parts and removes the least valuable stop.

  • Use the map without spending credits

    Opening your map, checking saved places, and viewing your day plan do not use credits.

Specific answers, not generic travel advice

These are examples of the kind of help Italy on Foot gives. Personalized answers unlock after checkout and use your trip details.

Sample answer · Concierge

“We’re in Florence, tired after the Uffizi, and still have Boboli Gardens and Piazzale Michelangelo planned. What should we cut?”

Cut Boboli today. Keep Piazzale Michelangelo only if you still want the view later.

You’ve already done the most demanding part of the day. Boboli adds more walking, stairs, and heat exposure, and it is less rewarding when you’re tired.

Better version:
  • Take a real break now.
  • Do an easy dinner near Santo Spirito or your hotel.
  • Go to Piazzale Michelangelo around sunset only if you recover.
  • Move Boboli to tomorrow morning or skip it without guilt.

In the paid app, this kind of Concierge reply uses 1 credit.

Sample answer · Concierge

“We’re near the Pantheon in Rome. Lunch within 10 minutes, not touristy, one vegetarian.”

Best pick: La Ciambella, three minutes behind the Pantheon. Calm room, proper vegetarian mains, no terrace markup.
The short list:
  • Armando al Pantheon: the Roman classic two minutes away, only works if you can get a table.
  • Ginger at Sant’Eustachio: four minutes, lighter lunch, salads and grain bowls.
  • Cul de Sac by Piazza Navona: eight minutes, huge menu, easy for mixed tables.
  • Skip the piazza-front terraces: you pay for the view, not the food.

In the paid app, this kind of Concierge reply uses 1 credit.

Sample answer · Concierge

“It’s raining in Venice and we have outdoor wandering planned all afternoon.”

Do not force the original plan. Make this a short indoor afternoon, then go back out if the rain breaks.
Better version:
  • Choose one indoor anchor, not three.
  • Add a coffee stop nearby.
  • Keep one short scenic walk.
  • Save the long canal wandering for tomorrow morning.

Honest note: If everyone is tired, nap first. Venice is better when you are not dragging yourself through rain.

In the paid app, this kind of Concierge reply uses 1 credit.

About our recommendations

Italy is full of options. Italy on Foot is designed to help you choose, not send you into another hour of searching.

Fewer, better options

We do not try to show every possible restaurant, route, museum, or day trip. We focus on practical recommendations that help you make the next good decision.

Built around real travel constraints

Good Italy advice depends on timing, walking comfort, heat, closures, ticket pressure, transfer fatigue, food needs, family notes, and how much energy you have left.

Honest when the answer is “skip it”

Sometimes the right move is to cut a stop, slow down, eat nearby, avoid a transfer, or stop trying to rescue the original plan.

Clear confidence, not false certainty

For live checks, restaurants, tickets, and opening hours, the app should show confidence clearly and point you to official sources when a final decision depends on current availability.

Practical over performative

The goal is not to create the most impressive itinerary. The goal is to help your trip work when you are hungry, tired, late, rained on, or unsure what to do next.

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Rome on Foot is where we share the kind of Italy advice we believe in: practical routes, useful context, honest recommendations, and places that make sense on a real day of travel.

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The app turns that point of view into trip-specific help before and during your Italy trip.

Questions before you choose a pass

Is the Italy on Foot app free?
Exploring is free: browse the city catalogue on Explore and read any city page without a pass. A pass is required to plan, save, and use the Companion. Your account is created with your first pass purchase and holds your pass and your trips: saving cities, comparing them, planning or saving a trip, and the trip-aware Companion all need a pass.
What does creating an account get me?
On its own, nothing extra. An account is where your pass and your trips live, so you need one to buy and to plan, but registering does not unlock anything by itself. Browsing cities works without an account at all.
Which pass should I choose?
Choose Trip Pass if you have one Italy trip coming up or you are already in Italy. Choose Italy Year if you may plan or take more than one Italy trip this year.
What is included with Trip Pass?
Trip Pass includes one trip window, 90 days of access, all Plan and Companion features, and 200 credits for the Concierge + on-trip Companion help.
What is included with Italy Year?
Italy Year includes 12 months of access, up to 3 Italy trip windows, all Plan and Companion features, and 600 credits for the Concierge + on-trip Companion help during your 12-month access period.
Do the passes renew automatically?
No. Both are one-time payments, so there is no subscription to cancel and nothing is charged again. Access simply ends when your pass expires, and your saved trips stay in your account. Refunds are available within 14 days of purchase, no questions asked.
What happens after I buy Trip Pass while planning a trip?
You create your trip with dates or a rough window, cities or regions, trip length, walking comfort, and food constraints. Then the app creates your first saved trip and takes you to Plan Home.
What happens after I buy Trip Pass while already in Italy?
You only complete a short setup: current city, dates left, hotel area or current location, dietary constraints, and walking comfort. Then you land directly on Today with the Concierge and Map.
Why is the already-in-Italy setup shorter?
Because someone on a train platform or standing outside a closed museum should not have to build a perfect 10-day itinerary. The goal is to get you to useful help quickly.
What happens after I buy Italy Year?
You can create your first Italy trip window. Your account shows your 3 included windows, 600 credits, your current credit balance, and the date your access ends.
Can I buy an extra Italy Year trip window?
Yes. Extra trip windows cost €19 each and are available to Italy Year travellers at any time, whether or not the 3 included windows have been used.
What is a credit?
A credit is spent when the app generates something new for you from your trip, like a Concierge reply or a regenerated day. Reading anything the app has already produced is always free.
What costs a credit?

These cost 1 credit each:

  • A Concierge chat response
  • Adjusting a single day of your itinerary

A Concierge question with a photo attached uses 2 credits: reading the photo is part of the answer. Nothing else spends credits today.

What does not count?
Passive app use does not spend credits. Opening your saved trip, viewing a day plan, opening the map, viewing previous answers, checking your remaining balance, reading an already-generated ticket timeline, GPS refreshes, notifications, account settings, checkout, support messages, failed responses, and safety or system messages are all free. Locking a day, reordering stops, and filling in cities a build missed are free too.
Does opening the map use a credit?
No. Opening and viewing the map is passive app usage and does not use a credit.
What happens if I use all my credits?
You can still open your saved trip, view your day plan, check the map, and read previous answers. To keep using the Concierge and on-trip Companion help, you can buy a top-up if you have an active base plan.
Can I buy a top-up without a pass?
No. Top-ups require an active Trip Pass or Italy Year.
What uses a trip window?
Building a full itinerary uses one trip window, and so does starting an already-in-Italy trip. If a build fails outright the window is returned, and filling in cities a partial build missed is free.
Is the app the same as the PDF guides?
No. The PDF guides and the app are separate. The guides are for destination reading and inspiration. The app is a paid trip companion built around your saved trip, dates, route, bookings, daily plan, or current situation in Italy.
Does the app replace official ticket sites?
No. The app helps you understand what to book, when to book it, and what to prioritize. For tickets, reservations, and opening-hours-sensitive plans, you should still use official sources before purchasing or visiting.
Can I restore my purchase on another device?
Yes. Log in with the same account and use restore purchase if needed.
Do support or billing messages use credits?
No. Support, billing, and refund-related messages do not spend credits.

Looking for Italy on Foot guides?

Italy on Foot guides and the Italy on Foot app are separate products. The guides are fixed PDF city guides for reading before you go. The app is a paid trip companion built around your dates, route, saved trip, food needs, walking comfort, and what is happening during your day in Italy.

Use the guides when you want destination reading. Use the app when you need help deciding what to book, what to cut, where to eat, or what to do next.

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PDF guides are sold separately and do not include Trip Pass, Italy Year, the Concierge, Today, or on-trip Companion help.

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